Claire King reveals moment she discovered her husband was having an affair with her Emmerdale co-star Samantha Giles

Samantha's husband was forced to send a letter to Claire telling her about their partners' affair

By Carl Greenwood

4th August 2017,1:50 pm

Updated: 5th August 2017,2:29 pm

CLAIRE King found out her ex-husband was having an affair after she received a letter from his new lover’s husband.

The 54-year-old actress has admitted she gave her former partner Peter Amory a number of chances to make their 10-year marriage work, but it wasn’t until she received the note that she decided to take action.

Her former Emmerdale co-star Samantha Giles’ ex-beau, Nick Moore, had penned the devastating letter informing her that her 52-year-old actor hubby was cheating on her with his wife.

Speaking about her break-up on Loose Women today, Claire – who portrayed Kim Tate in Emmerdale for 10 years – said: “She wanted that second chance, and I’ve been in that situation with my marriage. And I gave my husband Pete a second chance.

“Two strikes you’re out. People remain within a relationship that really they shouldn’t sometimes and they could have got out. I think you have to move on and get on with your life.

“I found out about it through a letter from the girl’s husband and my agent rang me saying ‘There are bits and pieces in the paper’.
“It wasn’t anything to do with her. ”

But the busty blonde believes the break-up was inevitable as she felt the pair had “grown apart” and because Peter was still working on the longstanding soap with Samantha whilst she was away filming Bad Girls.

She explained: “I was working, we had the distance between us. It got past the seven year itch, and it was coming to that fork in the road. So nobody was really to blame. It was just we had grown apart.”

And Claire believes if Peter hadn’t strayed from their relationship, then she “could have” been unfaithful.

She said: “Quite honestly, it could have been me.”

Although Claire could see the split was on the cards, she still says she found it hard to get over the break-up because everything had “imploded” on her at once.

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